An influential health panel has issued a “draft recommendation” that all women be screened for breast cancer every other year beginning at age 40. The draft recommendation is sharply at odds with earlier ones. In its announcement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (U.S.P. T.) emphasized that their action today is one step short of… Continue reading Mammogram Guidelines Are Changing
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Rate of Uterine Cancer Deaths Rising Among Black Women
Deaths from uterine cancer are rising in the United States, and are highest among non-Hispanic Black women, according to a new study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The higher death rates are related to the rising incidence of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer.The researchers… Continue reading Rate of Uterine Cancer Deaths Rising Among Black Women
Most Black Adults Likely to Develop High Blood Pressure Before Age 55
Approximately 75 percent of black and men women are likely to develop high blood pressure by the age of 55, compared to 55 percent of white men and 40 percent of white women in the same age range, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the… Continue reading Most Black Adults Likely to Develop High Blood Pressure Before Age 55
Breast Cancer Places Greater Financial Burden on Black Women than White Women
Having breast cancer placed a significantly greater financial strain on black women than white women, according to study by researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The researchers, who published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, surveyed women who were diagnosed with breast cancer in North Carolina between 2008… Continue reading Breast Cancer Places Greater Financial Burden on Black Women than White Women